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As we all know as a result of the Second World War, the fascist camp was completely defeated, the so-called justice has defeated evil, and the world has restored peace.
When the gun smoke clears, many people will be thankful that "fortunately they were not born in a war-torn era." Some people will wonder what if the Nazis and Japan won the Second World War?
This kind of hypothetical thinking is still very cautious when used in serious historical research, but if you leave the historical research, this kind of brain will grow wantonly.
Such a fictional world was portrayed in the American drama "The Man in the High Castle", which premiered in 2015.
In this world, Germany and Japan won the Second World War and carve up the United States. The United States is plunged into boundless darkness. Of course, where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the rule of darkness is not monolithic. Only then will there be room for several protagonists in the TV series to perform.
The TV series of this series have been filmed for several seasons, and interested audiences can go and watch it. There is no spoiler here.
I want to talk about the above topic today-what would happen if Axis really won the Second World War?
01 There are many opportunities in the Axis country
Some people say, didn't Germany and Japan completely lost World War II by doing their own thing? How could they win World War II? How can they conquer the world?
Conquering the world is basically a fantasy. We don’t discuss it. We just say "Can the Axis powers win". Many people have already talked about this issue. For example, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Wait.
This kind of thing, from the perspective of hindsight, criticizing Hitler and Tojo, of course, can show that he is knowledgeable and see through everything, but this kind of wisdom more or less ignores the mood of the person involved, and holds these things with hindsight. The wise men may not perform better than the parties involved.
In the author's opinion, all the remarks that "Germany is the death" and "Japan is the death" ignore the sacrifices and struggles of the soldiers of the Allies.
Because wars are not where a great man "will be wiped out with a wave of a big hand", thousands of grassroots officers and soldiers on the battlefield are faced with unimaginable dangers. Looking at history from the perspective of later generations, it is easy to substitute the so-called "macro narrative" and "great man's perspective". Let alone look at how tragic the battlefields in history are. Look at "Saving Private Ryan" and "Brother Company". Film and television works will have a very different feeling.
What's more, for the Axis powers, what does it mean to win? Must it be to conquer the world? That's not necessarily.
At the very least, if the Axis powers do not surrender unconditionally, will they be considered a win? Does the Axis allow the Allies to sit at the negotiating table as a win?
Many people may not know, just say that during World War II, Germany and Japan had many chances to make peace.
For example, in 1940, Hitler swept through Western Europe and beat France to the ground. Britain was lonely overseas, shivering. No one knew whether this "darkest moment" could survive this time.
At this time, Hitler extended an olive branch to Britain, saying, "As long as the Nazis recognize the sphere of influence on the European continent, Nazi Germany is willing to live in peace with Britain."
At that time, the British Empire was already going downhill. Before World War II, Britain chose the policy of appeasement out of fear of war and some other very realistic reasons.
When the war situation was extremely unfavorable to Britain in a very short period of time, there were many people in the British political circles and civilians who advocated "peace with the Nazis."
If the British really did this, wouldn't Nazi Germany have won? This has to be a person who is ignorant of current affairs to face such a war machine armed to the teeth, utter the rumors that "we will never surrender", and bet on an uncertain future with the fate of the entire United Kingdom?
So a friend of mine said that the British Prime Minister Chamberlain before the war may not be a bad person, but in the face of a villain like Hitler, only a dog like Churchill can do it.
After Germany "killed" and beat the Soviet Union, there was a time when the Soviet Union was really crumbling. According to Hitler's words, "As long as we kick on the door, the whole broken house will fall down."
In the Soviet Union until 1943, the leadership kept coming up with the idea of "whether to make peace with Germany". Even the Battle of Stalingrad was over. In the spring of 1943, the Soviet Union still wanted to negotiate with Germany to restore the 1939 border (in this case, Poland would not want to restore the country).
Later, Britain and the United States learned about this matter. Roosevelt and Churchill rebuked and cheered Stalin and gave a lot of supplies. This broke the Soviet Union's desire for peace talks with Germany.
But you see, at that time, if such a secret peace talks really came to fruition, wouldn't the Nazis also win, at least it would be much harder to defeat than in history.
What about Japan? The same is true. If it weren’t for the military headquarters to step up and invade French Indochina when it was trapped in the battlefield of China, would the United States break the trade and material embargo against Japan? Even later, the United States was actually preparing for peace talks with Japan. What are the conditions for the peace talks?
As long as Japan withdraws from the sphere of influence of Britain and the United States in Asia, the United States is prepared to come forward to persuade the Nationalist government to recognize the puppet Manchukuo and the Wang puppet government. If Japan really agrees to such conditions for peace talks, what will happen? Should we be fortunate now that the Showa guys at that time were "very energetic", and only then will they have later history.
Taking a step back, if Germany ceased after the Munich Agreement, instead of invading other countries, but launching a "final solution" to the Jews at home, would it be defeated so quickly? If Japan does not go "south", will anyone be held accountable for its bastards in the Puppet Manchukuo?
I can’t think about this. If I think about it in the depths, a terrible conclusion is ready to come out- the defeat of the Axis is purely because they are causing trouble outside. Their survival is almost certain.
After World War II, some later dictators probably learned the lessons of the head of state. After all, the head of state has an artistic temperament, words must be believed, deeds must be resolute, and he must do whatever he writes in "My Struggle", and he will die.
Then, after the war, many countries similar to the Axis powers (such as the peninsula country that relies on blood inheritance), of course, want to agitate the people to hate the outside world, and also to squeeze and exploit the people severely, but is it willing to attack outside? No way.
In this way, "the Axis is still alive" is by no means an artistic fantasy, it is a reality that is alive in many parts of the world.
02 Why is fascism so bad?
When it comes to Axis countries, there is a word that cannot be avoided, and that is "fascism."
Fascism is bad, and anti-fascism is just. This is something that many children know. What if you ask deeper? Why is fascism bad?
This makes people very unable to answer. I remember that I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" when I was a child. There is a chapter called "The Nazification of Germany". Many of the content in it will make me feel that time and space are misplaced, as if this is not about a distant country in a distant age. The story, how these things seem to change the subject like "Where did you watch it yesterday".
For example, "a country, a nation, a head of state", when Hitler and Goebbels said these words, they also had a sense of justice. After all, bad guys would not write the words "I am a bad guy" on their faces.
"Use the German sword to fight for the living space in the East for the German plough", "The German people are engaged in a great war", so no matter how you look at it, it seems that there is no problem. For people who don't even think about it, Accompanied by beautiful military uniforms, such words are engraved into the memory of cheering crowds and grand scenes, and become an emotional switch for "excitement at the touch of a button."
What did Goethe say about the Germans? "When I think of the Germans, I am full of compassion. As individuals, they are respectable, but as a group, they are always lost."
Of course, "As a collective always get lost", it is not just Germans.
So, what exactly is the evil of fascism? This is not easy to answer, and different people have different opinions, but in my opinion, the following expressions are equivalent to some extent:
First, we believe that the following truth is self-evident: All human beings are created equal, and the Creator has given them certain inalienable rights, including the right to survival, the right to freedom, and the right to pursue happiness. (Quoted from the US "Declaration of Independence")
Second, without the word soul, it is difficult to describe how human attributes will become. In addition to the natural attributes of eating, drinking, living, living, courting, multiplying, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and wanting to take advantage of the cold and want to keep warm, the "leftover" things must have a name, that is, "soul" "Bar. (Quoted from teacher Liu Yu's article)
Third, people are reeds who can think. (French philosopher Pascal)
The common ground in these few sentences recognizes the fact that in addition to biological attributes, people also have metaphysical pursuits . You can think about it, you can also say that it is the pursuit of happiness and freedom, and that it is also the soul. Row.
In any case, this is a basic human attribute and a basic right of human beings. If you don’t recognize this, you just say that people have the right to live and they just have to eat a full stomach. That’s pig raising.
Fascism does not recognize that people have these "souls." In other words, even if people think, they should not think for themselves, but for a more ambitious goal. The so-called "all for Germany" is essentially such a situation. The so-called kamikaze task force, which is "I use my Yamato soul, one aircraft for one ship", is essentially the same.
Of course, some people say that the Sith killed people, but don’t forget that the Nazis burned books before they killed people. “In the beginning, they burned books, and later, they killed people.”
As the smoke of World War II dissipated, fascism was defeated. But Churchill said, "Those regimes that are more terrifying than fascism turn themselves into heroes of'anti-fascism'." Considering that there are so many places in the world that don't treat people as people, there are quite a lot of strangers in Gaobao. Realistic.
Is the history of 03 really inevitable?
The series of TV dramas depicting the brutality of the Nazis and Japan, the Americans portrayed the brutality of these two Axis powers from the real performance of the German and Japanese forces in World War II.
But it has to be said that many post-war strongman regimes are not like this. They will not dispatch a large number of military police, the Gestapo or the gendarmerie to arrest and kill people brightly, everything is done secretly.
Of course, what is even more frightening is that strong people do not need to do anything with fanfare. In such a place, fear has penetrated into the bones of the people. The so-called "don't talk about state affairs" has become a kind of subconscious, and any seemingly heretical behavior, Will be reported independently by the surrounding people. Regarding these, the movie "Eavesdropping Storm" is vividly portrayed.
Many people write essays, and at the beginning they have no words and always like to set a fixed template-"With the development of technology and the improvement of living standards...", this sentence actually reveals a subconscious, that is, " The development of technology can make life better".
Is it really like this? not necessarily.
Not to mention the fact that technological development has made killing more efficient. Just talk about George Orwell’s 1984, isn’t the screen in the novel not a product of technological progress?
The current technology is better than Orwell's limit imagined. You don't know the terrible consequences when these technologies are used to enslave people. Suppose, if the Nazis had the Internet, what would Hitler and Goebbels do with it?
The education we have received since childhood is "Evil does not suppress righteousness, and justice defeats evil" and regards it as an inevitable law. In my opinion this is very absurd.
As mentioned above, during the Second World War, many opportunities existed in the Axis. If the leaders of the Allies compromised even once, the world would not be what it is now.
Of course, after the Second World War, many regimes that were essentially indistinguishable from fascism continued to exist. These regimes will not attack everywhere, so they can stay alive to this day. The people on these lands live a life of dire straits.
Some would say that the story of the strange man in the High Castle took place in the United States. How could the so-called "beacon of the free world" such as the United States be occupied by fascists?
It may not be. For the United States, this possibility is more not from abroad, but at home.
Look at how those radicals who claim to be "liberals" engage in ideological censorship and persecution in the name of political correctness, see how Antifa's smashing, looting, and looting are called justice, and then how the leftists try to abolish the constitution first As for the amendment, we will probably understand that it is not impossible for the United States to become a stranger to us.
Therefore, the history we see now is really just a series of accidental creations . There is no "inevitable thing". The world we see now, whether it is lucky or unfortunate, is not the result of rational manipulation.
Although the story of the strange man in the High Castle is fictitious, the hypothesis "if the Axis powers wins" is essentially realistic. There are always forces trying to prevent individuals from thinking and trying to deprive individuals of their souls. These forces will It has been there and will not end with the end of World War II.
The author has read a thin little book. The name of the book is "The House on Mango Street". There is a sentence in it that impressed me-Keep writing, Esperanza, that will set you free.
This can probably explain why "writing" is dangerous in some places, and it can also explain why "writing" is so far a very meaningful behavior.
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